ORly Radio Show 77 - Christian Privilege

ORly Radio Show 77 - Christian Privilege

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 77 for Friday September 11th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual suspect Ophelia Falls.

You can find Ophelia here: http://opheliainthedark.tumblr.com/
Michael is over here: http://fathergrigorivonklaussen.tumblr.com/

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

• GOP Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush accidentally picked a fight with Stephen Colbert. For the Premiere of the Late Show… https://www.facebook.com/msnbc/videos/1005862942843291/

• Someone made a really expensive Record Player, with lasers. http://www.magic925.com/rdub/new-laser-turntable-plays-your-records-without-even-touching-them/

• Deputy Clerk Brian Mason hung a sign saying his new title was “Marriage License Deputy” indicating he will be following the law, not that crazy woman who is the Clerk of Rowan County. Good on him! http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/deputy-clerk-vows-to-defy-kim-davis-and-continue-issuing-marriage-licenses-to-gay-couples/

• “Science” has apparently created a blood test that will tell you when you will die. http://www.brobible.com/life/article/science-blood-test-when-die/

• http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/texas-lawyer-exposes-religious-hiring-test-for-peace-officers-county-only-wanted-baptist-constables/

• Obama signs 'Blue Alert' law to protect police (-back in May but it was not widely publicized.) The law will require instant nationwide "Blue Alerts" to warn about threats to police officers and help track down the suspects who carry them out. The Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 is named for the two New York Police Department officers killed in an ambush attack last December. It was so uncontroversial that it passed both the House and the Senate by voice vote. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/19/obama-blue-alert-law-bill-signing/27578911/

• Long story short: Miller’s going to sue her again, because apparently being criticized for lying to people on the internet is illegal in Miller’s mind.  There are wonderful and horrible videos… http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/2015/09/adam-miller-is-filing-another-lawsuit-against-the-youtuber-who-exposed-him-please-share-this/

• The frontman for the classic rock band Survivor isn't seeing eye to eye with Mike Huckabee or newly freed Kentucky clerk Kim Davis after they used one of the group's signature songs without permission. Frankie Sullivan slammed the pair on his Facebook page on Tuesday for blaring the band's Oscar-nominated 1982 hit, "Eye of the Tiger," during Davis' release.

• GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz was cock blocked by GOP Presidential looney Mike Huckabee when he was blocked from getting into the limelight of the Kim Davis martyr “event”.  http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/huckabee-cruz-kim-davis

• John McAfee Is Starting a New Political Party For His Presidential Run. McAfee, a man who made his fortune selling anti-virus software and is more recently known for antics like playing Russian roulette in front of journalists and being hunted down for questioning in the murder of his neighbor in Belize, his entry into the race somehow doesn’t feel like the b-movie plot that it should be. http://gizmodo.com/john-mcafee-is-starting-a-new-political-party-for-his-p-1729425078

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The Good:

1. Rick Perry drops out, but with a warning for the GOP RNC. "First, the answer to a president nominated for soaring rhetoric and no record is not to nominate a candidate whose rhetoric speaks louder than his record," Perry's prepared remarks said, warning conservatives against "falling for the cult of personality."Perry continued, "My second warning is this: we cannot indulge nativist appeals that divide the nation further. The answer to our current divider-in-chief is not to elect a Republican divider-in-chief." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rick-perry-drops-out-of-2016-presidential-race/

Carolina Secular Conference Promo
http://www.carolinassecularassociation.org/product/2015-carolinas-secular-conference-tickets/

The Bad:

1. KENTUCKY: Heavily Armed “Christian Patriot” Militia Vows To Stop Future Arrests Of Kim Davis [AUDIO] Oath Keepers http://www.joemygod.com/2015/09/10/kentucky-heavily-armed-christian-patriot-militia-vows-to-stop-future-arrests-of-kim-davis-audio/

2. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/kim-davis-supporters-gather-outside-judges-home-to-hold-him-in-contempt-of-gods-court/

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/special-pleading

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The Ugly:

1. Refugee Ceiling. The Refugee crisis and why america only takes in 1,500 (for this crisis) while Germany has taken in over 800,000. The US claims that is helps enough with military relief efforts and aid dollars of around $4Billion.

2. https://www.facebook.com/HuffingtonPost/videos/10153347280451130/

3. http://www.rcusa.org/refugee-admission-levels

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Crown Royal Regal Apple - SO GOOD and Beer Pick - Due South Cafe Ole Espresso Porter
Mike’s:  Surge Cola is back.
Ophelia’s:  Also Surge.

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 76 - Tucker Drake

ORly Radio Show 76 - Tucker Drake

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 76 for Friday September 4th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspect Michael and an unusual guest suspect Tucker Drake.

You can find Tucker here:

Atheist in the Trailer Park http://trailerparkatheist.libsyn.com/  http://tparkatheist.blogspot.com/ http://www.facebook.com/trailerparkatheist

Bootstrapping the Planet http://bootstrap.libsyn.com/  and http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/  http://www.facebook.com/bootstrapplanet

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  

RANT Segments & Headlines:

• Womb Tanks are a thing. http://www.sciencegymnasium.com/2013/12/the-artificial-womb-is-born-and-world.html

• Bernie Sanders took some heat over spouting facts yet again. Politifact stepped in to clarify. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/30/bernie-s/bernie-sanders-saudi-arabia-has-third-largest-mili/

• Speaking of military spending,  http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/world/asia/beijing-turns-into-ghost-town-as-it-gears-up-for-military-parade.html?_r=0

• GOP Presidential contestant Donald Trump Signed the no compete pledge, making the GOP do a collective sigh of relief. At least until they realize he is still their best chance at the White House. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34144850

• The latest poll by Monmouth University puts Mr Trump way ahead with support from 30% of Republicans, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson running a distant second with 18%. The rest of the Republican pack is trailing far behind, with Jeb Bush currently tied with Texas senator Ted Cruz at 8%

• GOP Presidential contestant Ted Cruz instructs thousands of pastors to violate federal law by reading Sunday sermon he wrote http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/ted-cruz-instructs-thousands-of-pastors-to-violate-federal-law-by-reading-sunday-sermon-he-wrote/

• Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis has been dominating the news with her bigotry. She was denied her 3rd appeal to the supreme court, refused yet again and has been jailed, since then the county has been issuing same sex wedding licenses, specifically to James Yates and Will Smith Jr. this morning. Let’s hope that she fades into the margins of history.

• And in a surprise twist, well not that surprising, in Hamilton County Tennessee, Chancellor Jeffery Atherton denied a divorce request citing the supreme court's gay marriage ruling. Atherton said the Supreme Court must clarify "when a marriage is no longer a marriage." Otherwise, he contended, state courts are impaired from addressing marriage and divorce litigation altogether. He wrote "The conclusion reached by this Court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces."

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The Good:

1. Peaceful measures. China continues to reduce its standing military. In 1997 they cut 500,000 from their ranks. Then in 2000 another 200,000 and as we touched on in the headlines, their president announced another reduction of 300,000 is in progress, which will bring their standing army to 2 million, the lowest numbers since the cold war ended, China has the second largest military in the world next to the United States http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/03/world/asia/beijing-turns-into-ghost-town-as-it-gears-up-for-military-parade.html

The Bad:

1. So.. Ted Cruz wrote a sermon, not unlike his father’s dominionist sermons. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/ted-cruz-instructs-thousands-of-pastors-to-violate-federal-law-by-reading-sunday-sermon-he-wrote/

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The Ugly:

1. Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has claimed Europe is in the grip of madness over immigration and refugees, and argued that he was defending European Christianity against a Muslim influx. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/03/migration-crisis-hungary-pm-victor-orban-europe-response-madness

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Google Maps / Google Earth

Mike’s: NCIS

Tucker’s:  Other than his podcasts, he mentioned some interesting things. Murdoch Mysteries, The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements by Eric Hoffer  http://amzn.to/1hJbZic  and Rick and Morty

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 75 - New Blood

ORly Radio Show 75 - New Blood

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 75 for Friday August 28th, 2015 - where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen without my usual suspects who are away on assignment, tonight I have with me, Bill Hunsicker of the Creating a New World show. http://tocreateanewworld.blogspot.com/! cnwshow@gmail.com

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759  
 

RANT Segments & Headlines:

• GOP Presidential bid demander and chief Donald Trump has been in the news a lot this week. Bill O’Reily warns the GOP that Trump will turn them into the party of “racist brutalizers.” http://www.salon.com/2015/08/21/bill_oreilly_warns_gop_that_donald_trump_will_turn_them_into_the_party_of_racist_brutalizers/

• The Donald also had his immigration plan torn to shreds in about 2 minutes. https://www.facebook.com/thinkprogress/videos/1086125734732229/

• Donald Trump also had some racist remarks about asian peoples as well. Not like super racist, but clearly insensitive. http://ringoffireradio.com/2015/08/trump-mocks-asian-people-there-is-no-end-to-his-racism/

• But Donald was also endorsed by the Daily Stormer (a blistering anti-semitic “news” website published by Andrew Anglin and has statements like “There is an ongoing war being waged against the Daily Stormer by our Jew enemy.” on its page). and has the neo nazi vote in the bag as was shown at a rally in Alabama where supporters were chanting “white power.” http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/27/okay-this-trump-thing-isn-t-funny-anymore.html

• Not to be outdone, GOP Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz was hailed as God’s top choice for president at Iowa religious rally by his State campaign chairman, Matt Schultz.  http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/headlines/20150821-cruz-hailed-as-gods-top-choice-for-president-at-iowa-religious-rally.ece

• And chiming in on the xenophobia and riding the coat tails of the Donald’s racial insensitivity, KOCH Bros GOP Presidential hopeful Scott Walker urged that the visit by China’s President next month be scrapped and attacked the nation for cyber attacks and economic turmoil. This marks a major flip flop moment for Walker as he had high hopes of Wisconsin trade and cultural promotion. http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/24/politics/scott-walker-china-xi-jinping-2016/index.html

• Democratic Senator from Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren has been cited as not yet seeking a second term. Could she be weighing options as a running mate for Bernie Sanders? Or maybe Joe Biden, who it looks like still hasn’t completely committed on not running. We may hear more about that next month. http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/251778-warren-wont-commit-to-senate-reelection-bid

• Bernie Sanders has been on the bandwagon for ending the for profit prison system we have allowed to prosper in the USA and now President Obama has jumped aboard that train as well. http://www.occupydemocrats.com/bernie-sanders-announces-bill-to-abolish-for-profit-prison-industrial-complex/
  https://www.facebook.com/NowThisNews/videos/866333923456733/ (Video)

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The Good:

1. The President of the United States is an interesting man. He’s an excellent politician, as we have seen by how productive he has been in spite of the really productive actions the Democratic party has put though being systematically stonewalled by the GOP, he’s still guided dramatic changes. Now, seeing as how he can’t be re-elected due to term limits, he’s calling a spade a spade.  At a Democratic Conference in Nevada, he said,
   “It’s hard for me to express how much I love Harry Reid, but it’s easier to do it in a room of people who love Harry Reid. Harry and I drove over here together and we were doing a little reminiscing, and then figuring out how we’re going to deal with the crazies in terms of managing some problems. And then we talked about riding off into the sunset together. Everything I’ve accomplished, I’ve accomplished because Harry Reid was there by my side. And I am forever grateful for his friendship and his strength, because the thing about Harry is he’s a great politician but he’s also a man with a lot of backbone and is willing to do hard things when it’s required, and that’s what you want out of a political leader.“ He hasn’t apologized, and I don’t think he should. The numbers are on his side. http://www.politicususa.com/2015/08/25/obama-speaks-mind-calls-mitch-senate-republicans-crazies.html

-BREAK- Fallacy https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/appeal-to-nature

The Bad:

1. John Oliver, and his show Last Week Tonight, has been a powerful force for putting a spotlight on the horrible and ridiculous things that are going on right under our noses. Lately he has taken on the prosperity gospel televangelists. He formed his own church, and this was all to highlight how stupidly easy it is to take advantage of the tax laws around religious exemptions, and went ahead and registered his own church with the IRS, called Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption. The IRS was apparently watching the show, or was like a dog that had its nose shoved in a pile of it’s own doo after take a crap on your oriental rug. Let’s see if anything happens. http://uproxx.com/tv/2015/08/last-week-tonight-irs-televangelists/

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The Ugly:

1. First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/08/23/republicans-just-endorsed-a-jim-crow-law-for-gays/
   http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/upload/Backgrounder-FADA.pdf
   http://mediamatters.org/research/2015/07/28/the-so-called-first-amendment-defense-act-is-th/204627

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  Peter F. Hamilton's next book after the Abyss Beyond Dreams just went to the publisher :-)

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)
PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject

ORly Radio Show 64 - #MarriageEquality, #LoveWins, What Else were we going to talk about?

ORly Radio Show 64 - #MarriageEquality, #LoveWins, What Else were we going to talk about?

Welcome to ORly Radio Show 64 for Friday June 26th, 2015 where we dismantle the current events for your edutainment through mostly rational conversations that make you go ‘Oh Really’! I’m your host Andy Cowen with my usual suspects; Michael, Jessica, Don, and David's disembodied voice..

Errata From Last Week: We make mistakes. Please, if you find one, pause the podcast, and send us a note. orlyradiopodcast@gmail.com or phone it in 470-222-6759

QUICK Headlines by Circa:

• Circa has shuttered its service…  SAD

• Feds Order Federal Employee Health Plans To Cover Transgender Health Services http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/feds-order-federal-employee-health-plans-to-cover-transgende#.fpjQWqvmL

• Google announced that its music streaming service would also jump on the free tier bandwagon, and that should be available now.  http://music.google.com/

• DARPA Is Supposedly Engineering Organisms to Make Mars Livable http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2015/06/26/darpa-is-engineering-organisms-to-make-mars-livable/#.VY3yx3pVgmi

• Pope Francis Says You’re NOT Christian if You Support Gun Manufactures http://www.ammoland.com/2015/06/pope-francis-says-youre-not-christian-if-you-own-a-gun/#ixzz3eDlMy7YD

• Pope Francis Says Divorce Can Be 'Morally Necessary' To Protect Kids http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/25/pope-francis-marital-separation_n_7657512.html

• Pope Francis 184-page encyclical by the pope, who was a scientist in Argentina before serving in several positions in the Catholic Church, highlights the effects of climate change on the world's poorest people, who stand to lose the most from changes in the environment. http://www.dailydot.com/politics/pope-encyclical-climate-change-inequality/

• Gelada monkeys over in Ethiopia possibly domesticating wolves. http://www.upworthy.com/sure-looks-like-these-monkeys-are-domesticating-wild-wolves-whats-the-deal

The Good:

Justice Anthony Kennedy Closing Remark

1. Confederate Flags are coming down all over the place!

2. Thursday, ACA was confirmed constitutional by the SCOTUS

3. Friday, Marriage Equality bans have been struck down as unconstitutional by the SCOTUS

The Bad:

1. Leagalese - "may" instead of "shall" http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/alabama_probate_office_closes.html

2. Obama is an excellent speaker, but really not the best singer as he broke into a heartwarming rendition of amazing grace at the end of his eulogy for the victims, particularly his friend the pastor and South Carolina State Senator, Clementa Pinckney.  http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/politics/obama-charleston-eulogy-pastor/

3. Senate Republicans quickly pledged Thursday to fight to repeal ObamaCare in the wake of a SCOTUS 6-3 decision upholding the law's federal subsidies. http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/246120-gop-pledge-to-continue-obamacare-repeal-fight

The Ugly:

1. Conservatives are SOOO PISSED OFF… But will do nothing but complain.

2. Bryan Fischer Loses It over SCOTUS Ruling: This Is Our 9/11 http://www.mediaite.com/online/bryan-fischer-loses-it-over-scotus-ruling-this-is-our-911/

3. Police Now More Worried About Right-Wing Extremists Than ISIS - http://www.occupydemocrats.com/its-official-police-now-more-worried-about-right-wing-extremists-than-isis/

4. Ted Cruz to Hannity: ‘Today Is Some of the Darkest 24 Hours in Our Nation’s History’ http://www.mediaite.com/online/ted-cruz-today-is-some-of-the-darkest-24-hours-in-our-nations-history/

Entertainment/Reviews/(Nit)Picks

Andy’s:  I officiate weddings, and will do so for free for the rest of 2015, email me. Also the Justice Scalia Burn Generator. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2015/06/justice_scalia_insult_generator_how_the_supreme_court_justice_would_mock.html

Jess’s: Forever And A Gay- www.foreverandagay.com https://www.facebook.com/pages/Forever-And-A-Gay

Acknowledgements:

Music: "Rocket and Pamgaea” by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com)

PSA: Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia - GSoW https://www.facebook.com/GSoWproject